British Columbia Creates Park Twice the Size of Yellowstone Surrounding King Pacific Lodge, A Rosewood Resort
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada - Today, British Columbia announced the creation of a new park of 4.4 million acres encompassing a vast coastal region of the Canadian province. The pristine swath, where rare bears roam the land, orcas ply its waters and eagles soar overhead, is twice the size of Yellowstone National Park - and floating King Pacific Lodge, A Rosewood Resort, is anchored at an island in the heart of it.
The park, known as the Great Bear Rainforest, was announced by the premier of British Columbia, Gordon Campbel. In attendance at the press conference was Michael Uehara, the president of King Pacific Lodge. Uehara has been among the regional activists who have worked nonstop over recent years - in coordination with environmental groups, local First Nation indigenous peoples, the premier and provincial government of British Columbia among others - to establish a park in this spectacular wilderness which incorporates the largest remaining tract of temperate rainforest in the world. In addition to the 4.4-million acre park, an additional 10 million acres have been designated a protected area.
Like King Pacific Lodge, most of the area - which stretches from the northern tip of Vancouver Island to the Alaskan border - is accessible only by boat or seaplane. It is home to nearly a dozen First Nation tribes and, despite its huge size, has a population of only about 30,000 people who live in small towns and villages. To bring guests into this wilderness, King Pacific Lodge flies them by charter from Vancouver to Bella Bella, and from there directly to the lodge by float plane.
The new park is an ecological treasure graced with an indomitable array of nature at its most dramatic. Guests of King Pacific Lodge may see and experience: pods of humpback whales and orcas; porpoises, sea lions, seals and sea otters; 1,000-year-old hemlocks and cedars; a network of untouched watersheds, cascading waterfalls, fjords and high alpine ice fields; sheer mountain faces and vast forests; white sand beaches and countless islands and inlets; Chinook, Coho, Chum and Pink salmon, as well as halibut, rockfish, lingcod and yellow eye; grizzlies and white Kermode "Spirit Bears"; and more.
King Pacific Lodge is a one-of-a-kind luxury floating wilderness lodge anchored in a sheltered harbor along the shores of Princess Royal Island in the Great Bear Rainforest of British Columbia. Guests enjoy interpretative hikes, sea kayaking, beach combing, heli-hiking, whale watching, wildlife viewing, star gazing, floatplane tours, fly-tying instruction, cultural tours with the indigenous Gitga'at, searches to view the rare cream-colored 'Spirit Bear,' saltwater trolling, fly-fishing and remote freshwater heli fly-fishing. Guests return from the activities to their beautifully appointed, comfortable accommodations and gourmet meals paired with appropriate wines.
King Pacific Lodge has 17 rooms and suites and is open from May through October. For more information and to reserve for 2006, contact King Pacific Lodge at 888.592.5464, or visit the web site at kingpacificlodge.com.
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